half rest
Two-beat pause
A half rest is a musical symbol indicating two beats of silence in common time.
It appears as a small filled rectangle sitting on top of the middle line of the staff, distinguishing it from the whole rest, which hangs below the line.
Count the half rest: one, two.
Rhythmic pulse or strike
- tempoRate of musical performance
- meterDevice that measures usage
- pulseArterial blood throb
- countReckon a total
syncopation · timing · subdivision · downbeat · upbeat · metronome · cadence · phrasing
Published performance notation
- scoreNumerical standing in competition
- measureUnit of quantity
- barDrinking establishment
- time signatureRhythmic fraction notation
Temporary cessation of activity
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- quietLacking in sound
- soundlessnessTotal absence of noise
- hushAbsence of sound
Determining quantity sequentially
- breathAir taken in
- phrasingManner of expressing something
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
- dynamicsStudy of forces
interpretation · cue · entrance · cutoff · conductor · baton · chamber music · sight-reading
beat
Rhythmic pulse or strike
count · syncopation · timing · subdivision · downbeat · upbeat · metronome · cadence · phrasing · rhythmic pattern
sheet music
Published performance notation
time signature · fermata · tacet · duration
pause
Temporary cessation of activity
- stillnessComplete lack of motion
- quietLacking in sound
- soundlessnessTotal absence of noise
counting
Determining quantity sequentially
- breathAir taken in
- phrasingManner of expressing something
- expressionConveyed thought or feeling
dynamics · interpretation · cue · entrance · cutoff · conductor · baton · chamber music · sight-reading · rehearsal
- music rests
- pausesstop, pause, break, halt, timeout
- rhythm notationwhole note, quarter note, eighth note, sixteenth note, breve
- music notationtreble clef, bass clef, clef, clefs, staff